Simultaneous maximum load met by major power producers in the UK 2010-2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 15, 2024
The simultaneous maximum load met by major power producers in Great Britain amounted to approximately 47.1 gigawatts in 2022, while the simultaneous maximum load met in Northern Ireland totaled 1.46 gigawatts. Both figures represent a decreases compared to the previous year.

Simultaneous maximum load met by the major power producers in the United Kingdom (UK), from 2010 to 2022 (in megawatt)

CharacteristicGreat BritainNorthern Ireland
2022 47,117 1,460
2021 47,128 1,529
2020 47,398 1,547
2019 46,802 1,428
2018 48,800 1,611
2017 50,608 1,566
2016 51,858 1,577
2015 51,100 1,653
2014 52,516 1,342
2013 51,811 1,609
2012 55,765 1,725
2011 55,505 1,581
2010 59,130 1,763
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Maximum load met in megawatt59,13059,13055,50555,50555,76555,76551,81151,81152,51652,51651,10051,10051,85851,85850,60850,60848,80048,80046,80246,80247,39847,39847,12847,12847,11747,1171,7631,7631,5811,5811,7251,7251,6091,6091,3421,3421,6531,6531,5771,5771,5661,5661,6111,6111,4281,4281,5471,5471,5291,5291,4601,460Great BritainNorthern Ireland2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
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Release date

July 2023

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Supplementary notes

According to the source, simultaneous maximum load refers to the load met by transmission network, net of demand met by embedded generation.

Data cover the 12 months ending March of the following year, e.g. 2017 data are for the year ending March 2018.
This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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